Egypt parliament to draft new law to avoid election delay

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian parliamentary panel decided on Monday to draw up a new election law, aiming to avoid delays after a court cancelled President Mohamed Mursi's decree calling for parliamentary elections in April.

The prospect of an election delay raised by the court ruling is something Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist parties wish to avoid as they seek to draw a line under the transition from Hosni Mubarak's rule.